41.1306° N, 85.1289° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 4, 1980 · 16:30 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Baer Field
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWAA
Aircraft
N791S
Reported as
Dhav DHC71
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total161 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
After baggage smoke light and 3 generator lights came on. One generator would show no output.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER BAGGAGE SMOKE LIGHT AND 3 GENERATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. ONE GENERATOR WOULD SHOW NO OUTPUT.